| 单词 | house servant |
| 例句 | Finally, at day’s end, I went to the attic with the other house servants and lay down to wait until they were asleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I heard a couple of the house servants talking, just saying vaguely that there was trouble. I thought I should find out for sure.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Her house servant takes my coat from my shoulders. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her house servant knocks, then enters the room with a tea tray. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We practiced our looks on house servants, perfecting them in solitary chambers under the scrutiny of Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Dainty, pretty Catherine, who had been a house servant, complained bitterly. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t do that if some house servant—one of the children, perhaps—said, “She never went to bed last night.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But before I could ask, two house servants came in and Sarah deliberately turned her back to me, ending the conversation. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One of the house servants said the trouble was due to the difference in the price of cotton. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “He wouldn’t be a house servant. Look at his hands. Field hands.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t bother to lie because all the house servants knew. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the house servants were the betrayers, they were closest to the masters, known to be tattletales, certain to be rewarded because of their talebearing. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Catherine, the delicately pretty girl who had been a house servant, said, No, she did not want to go back though she was shivering from the cold. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been given sleeping space in the attic where most of the house servants slept. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Katherine and I wear our Attendants' uniforms, and Red Jack is still dressed in the white shirt and apron of a house servant. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Everyone attended—field hands, house servants, even the indifferent Evan Fowler. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In Margaret’s absence, Sarah ran the house—and the house servants. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The house servants, even old Gregory, have left our service, for the plague had them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Nigel was a house servant and Edwards wasn’t supposed to bother him, but he did. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When I first met him, he was dressed like the house servant of a wealthy man, which he was. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes old people and children lounged there, or house servants or even field hands stealing a few moments of leisure. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Robin Williams is to star as President Dwight D Eisenhower in Lee Daniels' film The Butler – about a presidential house servant. Stephen Merchant flies solo and Simon Pegg crash lands into 'sexism' row 2012-07-24T15:24:39Z She was 22 and quickly found herself chafing at her new confines — public appearances, heavy security, a staff of house servants. Justin Trudeau’s mother, Margaret, was like the Princess Diana of Canada — with a happy ending 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z In the original tale, Cinderella is a meek house servant who puts up with beratement from her stepmother before a handsome prince rescues her from her cruel fate. In the age of superheroes, 'Cinderella' conquers with kindness 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Others worked as house servants, wagon drivers, hotel waiters and messengers. Ben Affleck's slave-owning family tree: records sketch a conflicted past 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z “He is carpenter, cabinetmaker, turner, wheelwright, cooper, saddler, shoemaker and a very good house servant,” the ad noted. Antiques: Antiques: ?Playing House? Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum 2012-02-23T23:23:42Z Like I’m her servant, like the ones like when they have, whatever, in the Raj or whatever — they would have the house servant who was sort of your confidant. Race, Hollywood and ‘Doctor Strange’: Margaret Cho and Tilda Swinton, Annotated 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Pro-Union feelings remained strong in Tennessee, especially in the eastern part of the state where the enslaved population was small and consisted largely of house servants owned by the wealthy. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Most field hands got Sundays off and a holiday between Christmas and New Year’s Day, but house servants were always on duty. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z They worked in the fields or as house servants. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her disdain for pretension, practiced by Black people in power, what Hurston called “bookooing,” is all over her essay about the NAACP, where she rants about the divide “between house servants and field hands.” Review | Zora Neale Hurston was once forgotten. A new book reminds us why her voice must be heard. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Would the new structure improve on what it would replace — a pink stucco box that had originally been built to house servants? What If Elon Musk Wants to Build a Rocket on the Roof of the Dakota? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Enslaved house servants had to have experience and speak English. Opinion | Georgetown’s role in slavery is not tied to whether it was a slave port 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Large planters could allow a few men and women to become specialized artisans or house servants, or to supervise other slaves, but most male and female plantation workers were field hands. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Alcott worked to support her family most of her life, as a writer but also as a teacher, a seamstress, a governess, a companion and, during one particularly difficult time, a house servant. Column: 'Little Women' is great but where is the Louisa May Alcott biopic? 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z And Little Annie Reilly, a house servant adept at flattering the lady of the house, fussing over the children and vanishing with all the jewelry. Cheats, Swindlers and Ne’er-Do-Wells: A New York Family Album 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Miller said it is the gravestone of Lewis Washington, a house servant of Lewis William Washington, the great-grandnephew of George Washington. West Virginia man seeks to preserve historic black cemetery 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Hannah managed the house servants and was the center of family life in the basement, where, according to Mitchell, the population numbered between 12 and 20 at various times. The forced absence of slavery: Rare letters to a Virginia governor give voice to the faceless and forgotten 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z College presidents, many of whom were also slave owners, used slaves as personal attendants and as house servants to maintain the president’s mansion. Slavery on America's College Campuses Went Beyond Buying and Selling 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The bedpan provides “tangible connections not only with the Washingtons,” Erby points out, “but also with the enslaved house servants who were responsible for emptying the bedpan.” The Strange Saga of George Washington’s Bedpan 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Malcolm Galloway, prosecuting, said the victims were used as house servants, cleaning the house, car and cutting the lawn. Plymouth slavery trial: Workers 'forced to live under stairs' 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Available records don’t indicate whether Lewis Washington, the house servant, was one of the three slaves taken by Brown. West Virginia man seeks to preserve historic black cemetery 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Here, I'm told, the trainee house servants take lessons in hygiene, respect and personal finance. The country training people to leave 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z In the early 20th century women didn't have the same rights as men - they couldn't vote in elections and the vast majority could only get jobs as house servants. Who were the suffragettes? 2013-06-04T16:12:44Z Islamic preachers were once furious when he created the character of an idiotic house servant called Kader who claimed to be from ''Syed family''. Bangladesh's most enduring storyteller 2012-07-20T17:41:16Z “We’ll burn his barn,” they yelled, their provocation being that he employed Chinese house servants and rented ground to Mongolian gardeners. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z They have ever looked down upon us, and have treated us with far greater contempt than have the whites, who, to do them justice, were kindly masters, and especially treated their house servants well. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The subscriber will at all times give the highest market price in cash for likely negroes, mechanics and house servants included. Slavery and the Constitution 2012-02-01T03:00:13.957Z My little Lizzie does the cooking, all but the puddings which I always make myself, so I keep but two house servants. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z And that the house servant might not detect the trick, they sent him to the apothecary to secure certain medicines. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z Grooms and house servants poured out to receive them; doors banged; confused voices and laughter rose and fell in waves of pleasant sound through the maze of passages intersecting the rabbit-warren of a house. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z Two of the house servants had now come out and relieved those carrying the litter. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The house servants were questioned in the dining-room, in Miss Arnott's presence. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Some of the women, both in country and town, take places as house servants and nurses at weekly wages that vary from $1 to $2 with board. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z To say, "do so and so," without adding, "do you hear?" would be the idlest possible waste of words on the part of any one giving an order to the average Virginian house servant. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z These house servants form the acquaintance of some illicit diamond buyer, or I.D.B., as he is pithily called, to whom they sell the precious stones. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z Indeed, their negroes were a terrible care to them; they had large retinues of house servants, both in the city and country, both having a sinecure during their absence. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z There were numerous house servants for domestic service, and a host of field negroes for the culture of the crops. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z They showed a great disinclination, the men to do agricultural work by the year for standing wages, the women to hire as house servants. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The small retinue of house servants met the carriage at the foot of the broad steps. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z The second ducat I shall change into small coin and distribute among the house servants; and with the other two ducats I shall give a little banquet next Sunday. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z The field hands went off to work, the uninvited guests melted away, and the house servants took up their tasks where we had left off. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z A house servant was just lighting the myrtle-berry candles in the lusters as they entered the room, and the light glinted from the floor, scoured to a shining whiteness. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z At that moment there was a rapid foot on the stairway above, and the house servant whom Eleanor had managed to keep in her interest spoke quickly at the door. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z “The castle of the Sleeping Beauty,” murmured Ruth, smiling, and without speaking to any of the house servants, she ran out. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z In the New England colonies and Pennsylvania they were used principally as house servants. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z "But, my dear, there are only five house servants," said Miss Maria. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Occasionally a pedestrian, or a farmer going home, or house servants, who lived near-by, passed along its narrow length. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z He called in all the rest of the house servants, with no results. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z Discharge the house servant, and I will send a man of my own selection. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z I kin remember de days w'en I was one of de house servants. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z But I ventured to hope that either Mrs. Merivale or yourself might remember some incident which might give me a clue; such, for example, as the entrance of one of the house servants.' Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z None of the house servants paid much attention to the nurses. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z He was a house servant, he tells me, for the bosses on Shell Island for several years. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Then Carl appeared, followed by one of the house servants, who brought his paraphernalia. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z You know I don't allow you to tech my house servants.' Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z I don't want to send it by any of the house servants. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z That is why we had to get our house servants from a distance, and even then we had some difficulty in quieting their fears when they heard the ghost tales. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z The mass of them either remained house servants or turned toward industry. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z My folks was house servants and lived a little better'n the field hands. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Because she was a house servant, Ellen was accorded many privileges not enjoyed by ordinary slaves. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z She worked for them and they hired her out there in town for cook and house servant. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z You will notice that I keep two or three times as many house servants as a similar establishment would require in the east; but they are content with much smaller wages. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z It was a less ambitious effort than that of the house servants, and included larger numbers of men. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z The boy is tall and strong for his age, and has been employed in the country business, but brought up principally as a house servant. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Ellen Thomas, Mobile, Alabama Her training as a house servant was very broad and involved every feature of a well kept household of that period. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z The rest of the family were presented in like manner to the house servants, and Levi introduced them to the rest of the people in a mass. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Some of the ranch hands have been on the place for years, but the house servants I hired after I come here.” Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z The one person under the slave régime who came nearest to escaping from the toils of slavery and the disabilities of caste was the favorite house servant. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z Coachmen are high, and house servants are worth at all times, from ten to thirty per cent. more than field negroes. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Generally they prefer to leave the impression that they were house servants, or at least stable boys or dairy hands. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z "Sam!" shouted the planter to the house servant, who had followed the party nearly to the stable; and the boy immediately presented himself before his master. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z The scene was witnessed by several of the house servants, who did not appear to think it anything extraordinary. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The slaves had their select classes in the house servants and the artisans. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z Many of these are house servants and, like the large class of roving single men who do day labour on the streets and railroads, they are without family ties and have no children. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z Judge Kimball insisted that the house servants use good English, she said. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z The discussion might have continued all day, if Sam, Colonel Belthorpe's house servant, had not ridden up at this moment. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z A bald-headed figure in livery, one of the house servants, glided toward them through the shrubbery, over that vanished boundary line, with nervous haste. The Guarded Heights These house servants, therefore, became the natural leaders of the emancipated race and the brunt of the burden of reconstruction fell upon their shoulders. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z As the launch rounded a rocky promontory a roaring fire was disclosed burning on the beach, around which several of the house servants were already busied in preparing supper. The Bachelors A Novel Thus brought up as a child among the Kimball children, and because of her duties as a house servant, she mingled little with the field hands and acquired none of their dialect. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z The house servants bring coffee to the family and guests, as they appear or send for it. To Cuba and Back The other house servants sleep on the second floor of the rear extension, over the kitchen and pantries. The Green God If the master is pious, the house servants alone attend family worship, and frequently few of them, while the field hands have no attention at all. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z In 1838, when the house servants were to be freed, while the predials must serve two years longer, the difficulties of such an arrangement became insurmountable. The West Indies and the Spanish Main But "aunt" Mary Rice, age 92, who lives in Eufaula, holds no such view about the superior social position of house servants. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z There, in the hallway, stood the two house servants, man and wife. Rich Living To those who are contented to live and educate their children as house servants and lackeys, we would say, stay where you are; here we have no masters to employ you. Discussion on American Slavery First, let us look at the effort of the house servants. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z The bishop's place was well planted, and this corner had been the quarters of the house servants in slave times. The Mountain Girl Most of those in the North were kept as house servants. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read It was plain that some of the house servants were already astir, but Sally kept out of sight as best she could. Maid Sally If the master is pious, the house servants alone, and frequently few or none of these attend family worship. Discussion on American Slavery Under free competition it would have been natural for this class of house servants to enter the economic life of the nation directly. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z "Probably some of the house servants posted him," answered Tom. Marcy The Refugee He had four house servants to do his and missus bidding. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 The meal was spread; the house servants, already informed by the boatmen of the master’s return, were all back at their posts, and terrified, as I could see, to face me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) By the time he had roused the house servants in their remote quarters and set off for the garage to summon help, the drawing-room and the adjoining hall were a mass of flame. Clark's Field On the whole, then, the mass of house servants soon found the doors in their own lines closed in their faces. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z I decided not to keep about me any freed serfs, who have been house servants, or, at least, not to intrust them with duties of any responsibility.' Fathers and Children The roomy porch of the old mansion was crowded with the chief people of the hacienda, clerks, foremen, house servants, besides the administrador and the chaplain. The Missourian It is like this, my mama was a house servant in the Duhon family. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 And she was allowed to converse occasionally with the house servants, who sometimes spoke openly about Herndon Hall. Clark's Field She appeared before him simply as a common-place light mulatto of rather more than middle age, who might have been an upper house servant in her day, but nothing more. Mabel's Mistake They were never entered by the house servants. East of the Shadows The Ebros are less black than those already named, almost mulatto in complexion, and make favorite house servants. Due South or Cuba Past and Present She was house servant for the family and I worked around the house. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 "Wool!" said Mrs. Condiment, turning to the servant, "go down to the kitchen and call up the house servants—perhaps they would like to buy something." Hidden Hand The Indian house servants are gone, and outlaw Japanese are there instead. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine She looked like none of the house servants at the Terrace––in fact Judithe was a trifle puzzled as to whether she was a servant at all. The Bondwoman The doors and windows were wide open, but where were the house servants that they were not singing at their work? Marcy The Blockade Runner The domestic labor in Honolulu and in all parts of the Islands, has for many years been performed by Chinese males, who undoubtedly make excellent house servants. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial Next the house servants, with the exception of Pitapat, who was commanded to remain behind and wait upon her mistress, went off in a wagon. Hidden Hand An Arrillian servant stood there, his silver hair done up in the complicated style which denoted male house servants. Grove of the Unborn Others of the more reliable house servants of Loringwood, were to commence at once work at the Pines, and Gertrude was almost enthusiastic over the change. The Bondwoman Require all house servants to be quiet in their movements, not to slam doors or rattle china. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Those whose business it was to be awake, as the house servants, gave her a silent nod for good-morning and smiled to think of her energy. Dorothy's House Party Every balcony was lined with long troughs of it, constantly replenished by the house servants; every carriage and car had a full supply. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome He had accomplished but half the distance, when he was met by one of the house servants, who directed him to repair to the "dead oak" beyond the negro village. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives The house servants, I knew, would not be likely to tell me anything that would trouble me if they could help it. Daisy An 1806 memorandum to his overseer runs: "Fish is always to be got in Richmond ... and to be dealt out to the hirelings, laborers, workmen, and house servants of all sorts as has been usual." The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia Sarah appeared with the lunch, and offered her services, but was summarily dismissed, for Miss Arthur did not deem it wise to initiate the house servants into the fearful and wonderful mysteries of her toilet. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Hence they were aware of this addition to the day's horrors before the house servants, who, headed by Tomlinson, were gathered on and near the flight of steps at the entrance. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Dandy was not dead, and Colonel Raybone ordered two of the house servants, who were present, to do every thing that his condition required. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives This order was addressed to the negroes, who, overawed by the authority of the chief house servant, began to steal away from the house. Her Mother's Secret Miss Aurora had two house servants, Emmeline and Nancy, but on this occasion she had called in two more to help. Patty's Summer Days She bought a few handsome and worth-while books for the men who would be at the party, and attractive trinkets for the house servants. Patty's Social Season Everything is very good indeed, the waiter is German, and the greater part of the house servants seem to be coloured people. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 He had been in his time first house servant, then coachman; he had married at twenty a woman of forty, who had been a sort of female mulatto Vatel. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim She came out, and ordered the house servants to pack her trunk and her coachman to be ready to leave in a few minutes. The Goose Man The king of Egypt, where Joseph was taken by the Ishmaelites, was called Pharaoh, and he had a captain of the guard named Potiphar, who bought Joseph for a house servant. Child's Story of the Bible Of a class that does not enter into a basis of equality with personal employees, to her he had seemed in the same category with a new house servant or chauffeur. The Snowshoe Trail Much to Simi's alarm we put the cupping glass on him, and the whole party of house servants escorted him to bed, shouting and laughing and dancing as they went. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson The boy is tall and strong for his age, and has been employed in the country business but brought up principally as a house servant. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 As it is, ordinary laborers are getting ten and twenty dollars a day, and house servants ask and are getting $200 a month! Gold Seekers of '49 On his clerical recommendation, he got German "emigré" women into England as house servants for British government officials and army officers. Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare I must change my make-up if I want a job as house servant. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman From breakfast on they had all Sunday, even the cook and other house servants. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 For example, on June 24, 1783, the Nova Scotia Gazette and Weekly Chronicle advertised for sale a Negro woman, "25 years of age, a good house servant." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 One portion of the house servants prided themselves as being the old servants—born on the place. A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland What was his astonishment to see Bennett, one of the house servants, on a panting, foam-covered horse. At the Time Appointed The deposits were generally made by day laborers, house servants, farmers, mechanics, and washerwomen. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Of these there would be a few house servants trained in all the intricacies of patriarchal hospitality and courtesy. Expansion and Conflict "Oh, yes; any of the house servants could have got at it." The Four Pools Mystery But all the house servants considered themselves vastly superior to the field hands and treated them with condescension. A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland Those who did attend were usually the house servants. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 This buxom lass was a house servant on a plantation situated about five miles from Judge LeMonde's. The Kentucky Ranger She had been carefully reared as a house servant in the days of slavery, and she had followed the downward fortunes of the Waldens with dignity and courage worthy a more glorious cause. A Son of the Hills Colonel Charlotte recognized Sam, a former slave, the son of an old house servant. Watch Yourself Go By The house servants, though slaves, in fact, were absolute despots in their own department. A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland The Huguenot customs had been kept up, and night and morning the house servants, with the French neighbours and their families, all assembled for prayer in the farmhouse. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Our house servant happened to be sick, so there was no one in the house, besides ourselves, but the cook. The Story of the Big Front Door His coat and hat had the provisional look of the apparel of house servants out of livery, and his trousers belonged to a livery suit. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Landing in San Francisco, before the exclusion act, he started in American life as a house servant, but finally became a Mott Street merchant, as he had intended from the first. Aliens or Americans? On great occasions, such as the marriage of a house servant, the family at the Hall, by their presence, gave dignity to the festivities, and inwardly they greatly enjoyed the fantastic scene. A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland People will not understand how Joe Johnson, outlaw as he is, dared to rob a Maryland judge of his house servants, Johnson himself bein' a Marylander, unless they had some understanding. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times When the group stepped up onto the porch, two house servants met them and took their gear. The Revolt on Venus De house servants put on more airs than de white folks. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 The little house at Monteverde was a lonely place and the soldier did no military duty, living the life of an ordinary house servant. The White Sister In the midst of the uproar, Juno, the house servant, ventured to come in by way of the library, with Harman. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Magw, the house servant, was often out under the stars, but she paid more attention to the stubble in the farmyard than to the glittering spangled sky above her. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Aside from house servants and washerwomen, many of the women are seamstresses and readily find employment in white families. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro It was, in fact, Mélukovka, for he could see the house servants coming out on the balcony with lights, and then down to meet them, only too glad of this unexpected diversion. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World The house servants, I knew, would not be likely to tell me anything that would trouble me, if they could help it. Daisy For three days before the soldiers were expected, all the house servants were kept busy preparing delicacies with which to tempt the Yankees and thus avoid having their place destroyed. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Pattillo's mother was cook and general house servant, so well thought of by the Ingram family that she managed the house as she saw fit and planned the meals likewise. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 She had been a serf, a member of the serf aristocracy, which consisted of the house servants, and had served always as maid or nurse. Russian Rambles She took a man as general house servant and treated him with the same genial courtesy she had treated all other help in her home. The Canadian Commonwealth She is an intelligent looking negro, says she understands all that appertains to the duties of a house servant. The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution "You see," continued Mr. Wright, "in those days a plantation owner was partially judged by the appearance of his house servants." Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 There were only one or two house servants, the vast majority being employed in the fields. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 The whole bunch—field hands and house servants. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War Only the gardeners and a few of the house servants were about when she went down-stairs, through the still house and out on to the terraces, towards the sea. Everybody's Lonesome A True Fairy Story The only other persons who had a key and the right of entry were Horikawa and the Paradox janitor, and the house servant had fled to parts unknown. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story We made the clothes for all the house servants and fiel' hans. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Us lived close in town, and all de Negroes on de place wuz yard and house servants. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 An old black woman, the sole house servant of the family, presently came in, and while taking up two or three of the plates, cast looks of affectionate pity at her mistress and friend. Hills of the Shatemuc Slaves were divided into field hands, house servants and city slaves. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army Then I caused to go aboard all my family and house servants, the animals of the field and the beasts of the field and the workers--every one of them I sent up. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria I began to see why all the house servants were plump. The Killer The field hands, always considered an inferior group by the house servants, worked from sunup to sundown. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Two of our house servants were more or less permanent; that is, they had been with us since we opened the house, and were as content as restless spirits can be. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Laodice dumbly wondered if she were to be classed with the house servants while she waited until the return of her devoted old mute. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Almost by the time he had become a valuable house servant he had grown to be an invaluable servant of the Lord. The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Here William was employed as a house servant, while his mother was engaged as a field hand. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met The gardeners, grooms, gamekeepers, cooks, house servants—all were to be men at good wages chosen for their discretion in this excellent conspiracy. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Forgetting, in the moment's excitement, my intention of dogging the captain to his residence, I accompanied Philip to the doorway, where stood Madge with her maid and a house servant. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. At the opposite arch another house servant appeared, lifted a distorted, blackening face and, doubling like a wounded snake, fell upon the floor. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem They would not punish me by putting irons on my limbs, but would give me a good name, and sell me to some gentleman in Louisville for a house servant. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself The house servants particularly were favored, in some cases receiving education, and the number of free Negroes gradually increased. The Negro Her calling as a slave had been that of a dress-maker and house servant. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Her face had already formed a smile of thanks, when we raised our heads into the light from a candle the house servant carried. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. When emancipation came, before and after 1863, the house servant still held advantages. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil He owned in all about two hundred and fifty slaves, among the rest my mother, who was a house servant to her master, and of course a resident in the city. The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Before that Northern States like New York had received some slaves from the Dutch, and New England had early developed a trade by which she imported a number of house servants. The Negro My father brought up that boy as a house servant, and petted him so that it takes all the salt in the country to cure him. My Life In The South Night and morning all were called together—family and house servants—and Mr. Travilla read aloud a portion of Scripture, and led them in prayer and praise. Elsie's Womanhood The clang of the door of opportunity thus knelled in the ears of the colored house servant whirled the whole face of Negro advancement as on some great pivot. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil Indeed Mr. Boylan was regarded as a very kind master to all the slaves about him; that is, to his house servants; nor did he inflict much cruelty upon his field hands, except by proxy. The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. A small number of favored house servants and artisans were raised above this—had their private homes, came in contact with the culture of the master class, and assimilated much of American civilization. The Negro Most of the family from which mother came, had trades of some kind; some were carpenters, some were blacksmiths, some house servants, and others were made drivers over the other negroes. My Life In The South By this time several men, not alone house servants, but gardeners, grooms, and others, had gathered on the lawn. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate Is one more a house servant and less of a personal attendant and professional fool than the other? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies It is known that there is a wide difference in the situations of what are termed house servants, and plantation hands. The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. He is one of the house servants, and his master is attached to him. Lewis Rand Here he found a handful of negroes—boatmen and house servants—basking in the sunlight. Audrey The House Footmen All house servants who assist in waiting on the table come under the direction of the butler, and are known as footmen. Etiquette The maid will be at my office at eleven with the Duke of Perse and the house servants. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Here the house servants lodged and lived, and here the meals were prepared for the people in the mansion. The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. The throng melted away, leaving only the house servants, two or three old and privileged friends, and the living Cary. Lewis Rand He was distinguished by a small head upon a tall and powerful body, and bore little resemblance to a house servant. The Port of Missing Men Mr. Radroff had taken the man as a house servant and a teacher of the Persian language. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life De slaves what was house servants didn't have no time off only atter dinner on Sundays. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 His house servants were obliged occasionally to work on the estate, and part of the pleasure grounds were ploughed up and devoted to husbandry. Tales of a Traveller But in the provinces the needle-woman, the weaver, and the house servant work still for inconceivably small prices, while there has been a decided rise in the price of local manufactures. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines If the other house servants return, you will tell them that I am ill and that Flora and Esther are nursing me. The Conqueror Though the laws which forbade teaching slaves to read or write were not generally enforced, only favored house servants received instruction. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution The dignity of her position as house servant has clung to her through the years, forming her speech in a precision unusual in her race. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 They were considerably surprised, therefore, when they discovered that Buck, as the cook was often called, was corporal of the guard, and had the house servants for his assistants. The Hilltop Boys on the River This night school is popular with young, ambitious Chinamen, for when they learn our language it is much easier for them to obtain work in stores and offices, and even as house servants. By the Golden Gate They had solved vexed problems as house servants, fruit pickers, tillers of the soil; they had done the rough work in the building of many bridges, the stemming of turbulent streams, the construction of highways. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts After this description of the meals of our labourers, you will, perhaps, be curious to know how it fares with our house servants in this respect. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 Some of the house servants would go one time and some another. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 The very house servants who subscribed their pfennigs and marks in the early days to help conduct his experiments now no longer speak of him with respect. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War In 1791 he had one hundred and fifteen "hands" on the Mount Vernon estate, besides house servants, and De Warville, describing his estate in the same year, speaks of his having three hundred negroes. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] After she was released from slavery Matilda came with her parents to the Monticello section, where the Knoxes became paid house servants. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Of course I except the cities, and speak only of the estates, where the house servants are neither better housed or accommodated than the field-hands. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 As he made this statement he reminded this worker that he meant his mother and some of the other house servants lived in these cabins. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 On certain days o' de week one o' de old men on de place took us house servants to de fiel' to learn us to work. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives Negroes make good house servants, and are extensively used for that purpose today. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives These offsprings were in demand as house servants. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives The cooks, the house servants, the coachmen, the stable boys, almost all the manual workers were slaves. George Washington: Farmer They had a good opinion of their house servants. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 In the house servants were moving about, lighting the fragrant wax candles of myrtle-berry and seeing to the comfort of the guests. Calvert of Strathore He made no answer except to call aloud for the old house servant, Sally, who presently appeared. The Purchase Price Amanda was trained to be a house servant, learning to cook and knit from the blind mother who refused to let this handicap affect her usefulness. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Including the house servants, who, perforce, were loyal, there was an able-bodied garrison of sixty men. The Man from Brodney's In the attic slept the house servants and coachman. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Maryland Narratives My mother was a house servant in Missouri and Mississippi. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Nearly all the rest, comprising the house servants, the young children, the invalids and the superannuated, were lodged on Marlborough, which was of course the owner's "home place." American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime It is, however, but justice to say that the description he gave of the family is strictly correct 'They are all sprightly, remarkable for good character, and of course most valuable for house servants.' A Visit to the United States in 1841 Just arrived, and for sale, at my old stand, No. 7, Moreau-street, Third Municipality, one hundred and fifty young and likely NEGROES, consisting of field-hands, house servants, and mechanics. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The field hands, and such of them as have generally been excluded from the dwelling of their owners, look to the house servant as a pattern of politeness and gentility. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West His fame spread throughout the county, and the colonel gave him a permanent place among the house servants, where he could always have him conveniently at hand to relate his adventures to admiring visitors. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays Friday is the house servant sent to Retreat every summer. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Mr. Flint was hard pushed for house servants, and rather than lose me he had restrained his malice. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Unlike Douglass, who believed in self-assertion, Booker T. Washington developed a leadership style based on the model of the old plantation house servant. The Black Experience in America Then the king's men went to a lodging in which Raud's house servants slept, and killed some, bound others, and beat others. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Nothing has come to replace that finer sympathy and love between some masters and house servants which the radical and more uncompromising drawing of the color-line in recent years has caused almost completely to disappear. The Souls of Black Folk Her daughters' ages are eleven and thirteen years, brought up exclusively as house servants. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime The hall was filled with knights and gentlewomen and house servants and men-at-arms. The Outlaw of Torn Now it is one of the rules of this Familey that no house servants go to the Garage, owing to taking up the Chauffeur's time when he should be oiling up, etcetera. Bab: a Sub-Deb Raud was a very rich man, who had many house servants; and likewise was a powerful man, who had many Fins in his service when he wanted them. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway As a young boy he was sent to Baltimore, to be a house servant, where he learned to read and write, with the assistance of his master's wife. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass I was still a field hand, and had come to prefer the severe labor of the field, to the enervating duties of a house servant. My Bondage and My Freedom The white faces of the house servants showed at one window, and Miss Eltham called to me from her room: "Is he dead?" The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu His name was Caesar; he was a house servant of my late grandfather Wharton. The Spy This is the sort of house servants like. Love's Shadow Her aunts and cousins, even Bekurai and Kakusuke, the house servants, had often to wring their sleeves, so wet were their sleeves with tears. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Chinamen make good house servants, being quick, obedient, patient, quick to learn and tirelessly industrious. Roughing It, Part 6. Once or twice, Harry, who could see the pew where the house servants sate, remarked these very attentive; and especially Gumbo, his own man, in an attitude of intense consternation. The Virginians "There wouldn't have been such a stir but for Mr. Shotwell, who felt himself wronged in the loss of his house servant;" "But he is considered one of your most influential citizens, I am told." A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences To place my good nourishing ale before the house servants, as though it were not worthy to be put on the table of a lord.— Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans Negroes served as laborers on farms, house servants, and in salt mines, the latter being an excuse for holding them as slaves. A Century of Negro Migration The house servants, cooks, etc., in California and Nevada, were chiefly Chinamen. Roughing It, Part 6. Hence conscienceless friends and house servants of some men flourished greatly. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster She was an excellent house servant, and highly respected by all who made her acquaintance for her sterling Christian character and general intelligence. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences There are some on the estate, and among the house servants; only it must be said that in these matters the household is very strictly run. Plays It was not the house servants, but the men who worked on the estate outside. Three John Silence Stories One morning they saw one of the house servants running toward them; he told them that their master was dead. A Child's Anti-Slavery Book Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life. The Boss and his family, my wife and I, and all the house servants were to go to Panola, to his father's. Thirty Years a Slave Brutus had not forgotten his days as a house servant. The Unspeakable Gentleman But now no one would employ him as a house servant after the revelations that had been made in this court. The Hampstead Mystery The huissiers and house servants were all assembled in the hall, and the old Pierson, who had been there for years, was the spokesman, and hoped respectfully that Madame "would soon come back…." My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 The number of slaves was comparatively small, but they were the house servants in the towns, and their disposition to assert their liberty added to the social turmoil. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 From the beginning of the covered way they had been guided by the tones of penetrant contempt, with which she lashed the circle of house servants who had gathered to her assistance. The Battle Ground The school, including the house servants, numbered about twenty and was taught without books by Rizal, who conducted his recitations from a hammock. Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot Mr. and Mrs. Braxton, Mr. and Mrs. Benham and their children, three Irish herders, and a half-breed Mexican and his wife, who were house servants. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" A man, evidently a house servant, came across the lawn and, seeing her at the window, went hastily into the house. Drusilla with a Million We bring a few of them up to speak English—my secretary and two or three of the house servants. Tales of the Jazz Age Then, with the bread on the end of a long fork, she sat before the fire and asked Cupid about the health and fortunes of the house servants and the field hands. The Battle Ground Lanterns flashed, stable-boys and house servants elbowed each other in the narrow way and flattened themselves against the damp stone walls, as they heard the tramp of the approaching feet. Greifenstein My coachman offered me his savings and with the house servants it was the same. The Romance and Tragedy As the aristocrat Turgenev learned Russian from a house servant, Gorki obtained his love for literature from a cook. Essays on Russian Novelists In the dark opening stood not one of the well-known house servants, but a slight figure covered with dirt and grime. The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw Why, Mr. Ambler, you bought six of Colonel Blake's last year, you know and one of the house servants has been nursing them ever since. The Battle Ground The man was the same who had brought Greif the news at Schwarzburg, a devoted fellow, born and bred on the estate, unlike the house servants who had been changed so often. Greifenstein He doesn't know enough to be a house servant, Glad—" "No—but something outside. Samuel the Seeker The devotion of the house servants to their "white folks," to whom so many had remained faithful even after liberation, was a never-ending source of wonder to the good soul. Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home The real workers—carpenters, masons, field hands, and house servants—are mostly Japanese. Time and Change Behind a thick hedge of privet were the cabins of the house servants. Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter These were the two extra players—the butler and the maid, the assistant director, Phelps's house servants, and Emery Phelps himself. The Film Mystery A number of house servants were rescued from the quarters and she began to instruct them in their new duties. The Prodigal Judge "I haven't thought it all out yet, but—" At that moment Dolores returned, bringing with her the three black-haired, black-shawled house servants, bundling them through the door and ranging them along the wall. Heart of the Sunset The Japanese house servants on the islands also give efficient and gracious service. Time and Change She was, however, a good woman, striving, with small means, to do the best for her family; prudent and self-denying, and very diligent in looking after the house servants. The Kellys and the O'Kellys No one of the house servants would have spoiled the fun, and certainly no one of the great folks. Kennedy Square One by one the house servants were ushered into the judge's presence. The Prodigal Judge Life in this police force cannot therefore be burdensome, and their position is envied by all the factory workers and the house servants. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life And then he puts on the soft sauder, an' is so friendly to the critturs—gets 'em to come out with him to where he will make 'um nice house servants, and such things. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter His mother was wishing that she could try one of the graduates, but she keeps six or seven house servants, and it wouldn't be practicable. The Treasure As he stood rolling the fabrics into a smaller compass, a gray-haired negro in the livery of a house servant passed hurriedly and entered the door of the office. Kennedy Square "I suppose you told the house servants to keep her under observation?" continued the judge. The Prodigal Judge It seems that one of the black natives, named Tomba, who was a sort of house servant to Mr. and Mrs. Illingway, escaped the general massacre, in which all his friends were killed. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land Long had it been considered one of eminent profit; his field slaves were well cared for; his favourite house servants had every reasonable indulgence granted them. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Doesn't it seem a pity that the women of the United States didn't attempt at least to train all those Southern colored people for house servants? The Treasure Nobody would then be left on his side except his dear mother, the old house servants, and St. George, and of these St. George alone could be of any service to him. Kennedy Square Next he examined Betty's maid; then the cook, and various house servants, who had nothing especial to tell, but told it at considerable length; and lastly big Steve. The Prodigal Judge All the inhabitants of the Mission proper—the priests, brothers, soldiers, and house servants—were standing before the north gate, firearms in hand. The Valiant Runaways But master is there, and he looks happy and cheerful; and there is something about the house servants, as they gather round him to have their say, which looks of suspiciously good omen. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter "Isn't it a wonder that there isn't a training school for house servants?" The Treasure The Southerners usually believed that the African could be tamed only in small groups and when constantly surrounded by white influence, as in the case of house servants. Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North He was far from being a model house servant. The Prodigal Judge He shouted to the vaqueros to saddle six fresh horses, and ordered the house servants to pack the bags with food. The Valiant Runaways Neither a field nor a house servant, the uninitiated may be at a loss to know what sphere on the plantation is her's? Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter The pride of the house servant was touched by being compelled to come too closely in contact with the workers in the fields, and where is there pride like that of a peasant? Daphne, an autumn pastoral I should have thought, from the smoothness of the service, that he was an old house servant who for years had known her every way. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The Richard mentioned had been lately his house servant at Lexington, and Edward was a new man he had engaged for the garden and stable. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee His mother also was lost; and strong suspicions attached to some of the farmers and house servants to whom she was obnoxious, relating to her disappearance. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Mr. Wilson kept his house servants well dressed, and as for Sam, he was seldom seen except in a ruffled shirt. Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States The house servants were called and told that wages would be allowed them, and what they earned set to their credit, and they too should be free. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter Among the blacks were also a number of the old house servants. Roads of Destiny And in the big house servants beyond remembering or counting. The Valley of the Moon "Halloo! hi! hi!" cried the steward; "the house servants, with the carbines!" Twenty Years After "I'll prove it to you," he announced, beckoning to the black New Hanover boy, a labor recruit, who served as cook and general house servant. South Sea Tales We need not add that had those young girls been sold for mere house servants or field hands, they would not have brought one half the sums they did. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter Thus, with the exception of the house servants, who must be within call, the slave portion of the family live by themselves, and generally in a most uncivilized and miserable way. Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom Mr. Peck kept his house servants well dressed; and as for Sam, he was seldom seen except in a ruffled shirt. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter Although Mr. Peck fed and clothed his house servants well, and treated them with a degree of kindness, he was, nevertheless, a most cruel master. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter And be it remembered, that the house servant has the best situation which a slave can occupy. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter |
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